I'm going to strip down the rather tatty paint on my seat frames, steering wheel column, handbrake etc and repaint them. I'm assuming I should use chassis black - just thought I'd check if this is right (I'm aiming for durability)
As chassis black as it comes out the tin is great because it never really dries hard (and so brittle), I'm not so sure about using it neat for interior bits. I started doing the inside floors in my latest "project" a couple of weeks ago, and the chassis black is still sort of soft to the touch (can't indent it, it just feels not hard if that makes sense?). However, last year when using it on some parts I ended up thinning it down quite a lot with white spirit - The bits that were done like that have come out really well IMO. No brush marks (very difficult to avoid with the normal gloopy consistency) and dried to what appears to be a quite hard wearing but also reasonably hard finish.
You might find baking the bits after painting could help with that, depends how oven proud you are I suppose ;) I'm thinking of heating the bits I want to get done this week (Midget seat runners) with a hot air gun, then paining, then keeping the heat on for a while after as when I did part of the bulkhead the paint finish was really quite good that way. I'm also contemplating using the Hammerite Garage Door paint I've got, but that's only because I bought 1l last year for well under half price and used it on the Triumphs engine and box, where it came out really quite well. Having said that, when I tried to quickly throw some on a rocker cover this year it took ages to dry and didn't really like sticking to the metal, but the latter could be my rushed (ie complete lack of) preperation..
What's the problem with normal celly spray? Etch prime/prime as you wish. H'rite's fine too, but useless anywhere that might rust - it just does, under the paint.
bigginger wrote:What's the problem with normal celly spray?
Nothing! as far as I know! Can you get it in spray cans? (i don't have a compressor or spray equipment) and is it nice and durable against knocks and bumps and scrapes?
Remember how little I know, BG
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bigginger wrote:Hammerite also chips very easily. Can you tell that I don't like the stuff?
I can't stand it either. But when I saw a 1l tin of "special" (garage door) black gloss for about a fiver last year, and had an engine and box I wanted to paint black, I had to try it. I'm working on the theory garage doors are known to flex, so the paint shouldn't be as brittle as their usual offerings.
I wouldn't use Smmothrite or Hammerite though, and have yet to see if the garage door stuff is actually any good (went on well, but hasn't been tested as such otherwise).
I can see the allure of using chassis black for everything - If you've got a gallon can of it so little will be used actually where it's meant for that you start wondering just what else you can use it up on!
I suppose you'll be hanging the glitter ball from the Rear view mirror.
What colour should the Gear stick be? Body colour or black?
Paulk
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